{"id":30,"date":"2023-12-19T03:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T03:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/part\/conservation-biology-and-global-biodiversity\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T07:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T07:18:46","slug":"conservation-biology-and-global-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/part\/conservation-biology-and-global-biodiversity\/","title":{"raw":"Conservation Biology and Global Biodiversity","rendered":"Conservation Biology and Global Biodiversity"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nIn the First Part, we will view the basic concept of biodiversity:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Chapter 1: How much biodiversity is there?<\/li>\n \t<li>Chapter 2: How has biodiversity changed through time?<\/li>\n \t<li>Chapter 3: Where is biodiversity?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to World Wildlife Fund (WWF), [pb_glossary id=\"65\"]biodiversity[\/pb_glossary] is all the different kinds of life that we will find in one area including variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria. Biodiversity changes over time as extinction occurs and new species evolve. There are three levels of biodiversity: species, genetic and ecosystem diversity that work together to create the complexity of life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Biodiversity is essential to supports human and societal needs, including food and nutrition, energy, development of medicines and pharmaceuticals, and also supports economic opportunities that contribute to overall wellbeing. However, biodiversity has been declining at an alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities, such as land use changes, pollution and climate. This will cause human societies lack of the essence of what we need to survive. Thus we have to try our best to protect, prevent and preserve habitat and biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_29\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<img class=\"wp-image-29\" src=\"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"394\"> <em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.needpix.com\/photo\/553601\/\">\"Sustainability Environment Behavior\"\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0Rilsonav\u00a0is licensed under<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">\u00a0CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em>[\/caption]\n<h6 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><\/h6>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>In the First Part, we will view the basic concept of biodiversity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter 1: How much biodiversity is there?<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2: How has biodiversity changed through time?<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3: Where is biodiversity?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to World Wildlife Fund (WWF), <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_30_65\">biodiversity<\/a> is all the different kinds of life that we will find in one area including variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria. Biodiversity changes over time as extinction occurs and new species evolve. There are three levels of biodiversity: species, genetic and ecosystem diversity that work together to create the complexity of life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Biodiversity is essential to supports human and societal needs, including food and nutrition, energy, development of medicines and pharmaceuticals, and also supports economic opportunities that contribute to overall wellbeing. However, biodiversity has been declining at an alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities, such as land use changes, pollution and climate. This will cause human societies lack of the essence of what we need to survive. Thus we have to try our best to protect, prevent and preserve habitat and biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29\" src=\"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280-65x92.jpg 65w, https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280-225x318.jpg 225w, https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/11\/sustainability-1190327_1280.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.needpix.com\/photo\/553601\/\">&#8220;Sustainability Environment Behavior&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0Rilsonav\u00a0is licensed under<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">\u00a0CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><\/h6>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_30_65\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_30_65\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>The variety of living species on Earth (plants, animals, bacteria and fungi).<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-30","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/30\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}